BBC1 reignites Flame daytime shows 29 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: BBC1 in the UK has recommissioned producer Flame TV's daytime formats Heir Hunters and Don't Get Done, Get Dom.
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Tinopolis pays $19m-plus for Pioneer 29 Oct 2009
Welsh superindie Tinopolis has acquired factual specialist Pioneer Productions, one of the UK's largest remaining true independents, after finalising a deal last night worth at least £12m (US$19.7m).
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Science chases more meteorites 29 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: Discovery's Science Channel has ordered more episodes of Meteorite Men, about modern day treasure hunters Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold, following good numbers for the pilot.
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Nat Geo to air JFK footage 28 Oct 2009
National Geographic Channel has combed through hundreds of hours of news footage, home movies and audio recordings to chronicle the life, death and legacy of President Kennedy.
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BBC, RTÉ set for Excellent Adventures 28 Oct 2009
BBC Northern Ireland and Irish pubcaster RTÉ have teamed up to commission Colin & Graham's Excellent Adventures, a travel series unearthing the world's most bizarre and challenging sports.
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Parthenon bags Sattin for factual role 28 Oct 2009
UK-based producer-distributor Parthenon Entertainment has hired former Darlow Smithson Productions exec Richard Sattin as its head of factual.
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RTÉ picks up NGTI package 28 Oct 2009
Factual distributor National Geographic Television International has secured a 38-hour package deal with Irish state broadcaster RTÉ.
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More4 stocks up for seven-week art season 27 Oct 2009
The UK's More4 channel has struck deals with the National Theatre, the Royal Ballet and the Arts Council of England to compile a seven-week season of arts programming, starting in November.
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C4 lands Red Baron doc 27 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: The UK's Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to make a documentary in which two former Royal Air Force pilots discover the origins of aerial warfare.
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Beyond drops 200kg Kid into Israel 26 Oct 2009
Australia's Beyond Distribution has concluded a raft of documentary deals, selling titles including The 200kg Kid into territories including Denmark and Israel.
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BBC secures Cameron, Monckton for doc 23 Oct 2009
UK pubcaster BBC1 has commissioned a documentary featuring Tory leader David Cameron and Princess Diana confidante Rosa Monckton, exploring the lives of families with disabled children.
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Discovery takes Life into its hands 23 Oct 2009
Discovery Channel Canada has come onboard the BBC's new David Attenborough-narrated natural history series Life, taking it into North America.
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Top Gear finds new parking space down under 23 Oct 2009
BBC motoring entertainment show Top Gear has left Australian multicultural broadcaster SBS and is moving to a rival network in 2010, as part of a deal with BBC Worldwide Australia.
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HanWay seals Mugabe film deals 23 Oct 2009
UK distributor HanWay Films has made a number of sales from its film library, including those for documentary Mugabe and the White African.
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Testing Conditions 23 Oct 2009
When the Melbourne International Film Festival refused Chinese demands to drop documentary The 10 Conditions Of Love from its line-up, international controversy ensued. Adam Benzine reports.
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Nat Geo plans cross-platform Migrations 22 Oct 2009
US cable network National Geographic has unveiled details of a seven-hour, cross-platform miniseries that it is billing as the largest initiative in its 120-year history.
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Top NYC lawyers get TV show 22 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: LA-based Scott Sternberg Productions and Weinberger Media have partnered with New York law firm Tacopina Law to develop Legal Ease, a daily strip offering legal advice.
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Discovery, C4 ink content pact 22 Oct 2009
Discovery Networks UK has signed a two-year deal to acquire 247 hours of Channel 4 content, to air on five of its pay-TV channels from next year.
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Jacko doc's worldwide tour goes on 21 Oct 2009
Four months after the King of Pop's death, LA-based Pop Twist Entertainment is still racking up sales for documentary The Michael Jackson Story.
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Icon captures Weird Creatures order 21 Oct 2009
UK production company Icon Films has won a third season commission for natural history show Weird Creatures With Nick Baker.
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Gedeon paints Portraits worldwide 21 Oct 2009
French producer-distributor Gedeon Programmes has concluded a raft of sales for Portraits Self-Portraits, selling the factual shorts into territories including Japan, Australia and Spain.
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Cineflix strikes biggest Spanish deal 20 Oct 2009
Cineflix International Distribution has finalised its largest ever volume deal in Spain, for 150 hours worth of programming.
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Tricon's Edge Codes tap into Oz 20 Oct 2009
Toronto-based Tricon Films and Television has sold a raft of factual, drama and lifestyle programmes worldwide, with a documentary about the art of film editing heading into Australia.
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DCD sends 45 Stone Virgin on global trip 20 Oct 2009
UK distributor DCD Rights has sold a clutch of new factual shows, including Last Chance To See and 45 Stone Virgin, to broadcasters in Europe, Japan and Australia.
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BBC4 to tell Tale of Two Britains 19 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: UK pubcaster BBC4 has commissioned Ten Alps-owned Blakeway Productions to produce A Tale of Two Britains, a documentary offering an alternative view of life in 1930s Britain.
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Monster Moves prodco wins TLC pilot 16 Oct 2009
US cable network TLC is piloting a new show documenting the exploits of a "larger-than-life family as they move record-breaking superstructures across America for a living."
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Mayday lands seventh season 16 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: Canadian cable network Discovery has ordered a seventh season of aviation safety series Mayday.
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Emerging optimism 16 Oct 2009
As president and general manager of Discovery Emerging Networks, Clark Bunting has overseen strong growth at the division's specialist cable channels. The challenge now is how best to build upon it, he tells Adam Benzine.
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Fireworks follows the bear 15 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: The UK's Fireworks International is onboard as distributor of a new high-definition wildlife series chronicling the lives of Alaskan grizzly bears as they prepare for the winter ahead.
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Pilkington exits Virgin Media TV 15 Oct 2009
Virgin Media Television's senior commissioning editor for Bravo and Virgin1, Lucy Pilkington, is leaving the UK cable network after six years.
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Beyond inks Impossible Belgian deal 15 Oct 2009
Australian distributor Beyond has finalised a raft of deals agreed at last week's Mipcom, selling a Nat Geo special into Belgium and other titles into Israel and Malaysia.
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BBC spins out ballet specials 15 Oct 2009
UK public broadcaster the BBC is to mark the 100th anniversary of ballet company the Ballets Russes with a one-off documentary and a special performance airing on diginets BBC4 and BBC3 respectively.
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Sky1 to uncover Naked Britain 15 Oct 2009
UK satellite broadcaster Sky1 has commissioned a London-based indie to produce Naked Britain, a factual series looking at nudity and naturists, to air later this year.
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September wins US renewals, doc order 15 Oct 2009
DCD Media-owned UK indie September Films has won US$11.7m worth of US business, with a single doc commission from cablenet TLC and series renewals from A&E and WE TV.
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Five doc reads into Brown novel 14 Oct 2009
A new documentary from UK terrestrial Five will look at the facts behind author Dan Brown's follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.
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C4 preps racism-busting science shows 14 Oct 2009
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has unveiled details of Race: Science's Last Taboo, a season of five science programmes aimed at dispelling the myth of racial superiority.
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Nat Geo goes wild in new countries 14 Oct 2009
National Geographic Channels International has agreed carriage deals for its Nat Geo Wild network in Latin America and Australia.
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IMG puts Tiger, DSP up for sale 13 Oct 2009
IMG Media has appointed a bank to explore "strategic alternatives" for its factual production companies Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions, including a potential sale of the companies.
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Panorama child protection doc goes ahead 13 Oct 2009
BBC1 has commissioned Ten Alps-owned Films of Record to produce a documentary about the work of UK child protection social workers following the Baby Peter scandal.
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BBC lines up Adams doc 13 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: Belfast indie Below The Radar has won commissions from the BBC for a film about Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and a two-parter following two Irish families that move overseas.
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DSP rounds up Plane Crash Survivors 13 Oct 2009
IMG Media-owned Darlow Smithson Productions has won a commission from a US network for a one-off documentary looking at the trauma experienced by people who survive aviation disasters.
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Rive Gauche's Dog shows up in Uruguay 12 Oct 2009
Los Angeles-based distributor Rive Gauche Television secured a host of deals at Mipcom last week, including licensing factual entertainment best-seller Dog Whisperer to a Uruguayan terrestrial.
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Foxtel digs up murder doc 9 Oct 2009
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel has acquired a documentary investigating the murder of a 13-year-old Brisbane boy for its Crime Investigation Australia strand.
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HBO Canada votes for Obama doc 9 Oct 2009
HBO Canada has acquired a documentary movie that looks at the election campaign of US president Barack Obama.
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NHK takes Survival course from Electric Sky 8 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: UK-based factual distributor Electric Sky has completed several deals here in Cannes, including licensing BBC series Survival into Japan.
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US, Euro nets follow ice dinosaurs 8 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Broadcasters in Canada, Germany, France and the US have come together to coproduce a documentary from Wide-Eyed Entertainment about Arctic dinosaurs.
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IMG sends Towers, Rome into Asia 8 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Distributor IMG Entertainment has sold factual titles 9/11: Phone Calls From The Towers and Life And Death In Rome into Asia.
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History docs lead ZDFE sales 8 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: German distributor ZDF Enterprises has reported sales to more than 30 broadcasters and regional agents here in Cannes.
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Planet Green buys Farm doc 8 Oct 2009
US cable network Planet Green has greenlit a documentary series that follows two city dwellers who give everything up for a country life.
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Canwest's History Television goes HD 7 Oct 2009
Canwest Broadcasting's History Television channel is to launch in high definition tomorrow.
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All3Media sells Kiwi Borders and Coast 7 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: UK distributor All3Media has licensed New Zealand factual series Border Patrol and Coastwatch to ProSiebenSat.1's Danish broadcaster, SBS Danmark.
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AETN lets People Speak to the world 7 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: AETN International is taking its feature-length documentary The People Speak internationally, following its premiere on History channel in the US this December.
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History, STV float naval disaster doc 7 Oct 2009
A&E Television Networks' History channel and Scottish broadcaster STV have teamed up for a documentary about the sinking of a British battleship during the Second World War.
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DRG offers chance to Kill Arman 7 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: UK distributor Digital Rights Group has acquired the rights to a martial arts travel show from indie Rabbit Films.
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Thai block for Universum 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Austrian distributor ORF Sales has sealed a deal putting a programme block on air in Thailand, drawing on titles from its Universum documentary strand.
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NHK orders squid 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Japanese public broadcaster NHK has teamed with a global documentary channel and a UK indie for what it is calling "the largest ever international quest for a living giant squid."
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Nat Geo to go inside Obama's West Wing 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: National Geographic Television has secured exclusive access to Barack Obama, to film the US president's life over a four-month period for a special to air in 2010, C21 can reveal.
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AETN to roll out Indian channels 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: AETN International will take its portfolio of channels, which includes History, Bio, Military History and Crime & Investigation Network, to India within three to six months, C21 has learned.
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ProSieben, BBCWW unite on co-branded doc slot 6 Oct 2009
Pan-European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has joined up with distributor BBC Worldwide to create a co-branded BBC/ProSieben documentary slot on the German channel.
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ZDFE lines up Nat Geo content 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: ZDF Enterprises has secured German-speaking distribution rights to more than 140 hours of National Geographic Television International content.
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Spanish eyes for ITV Studios content 6 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Spanish broadcaster Telecino has secured more than 450 hours of content from ITV Studios Global Entertainment for its digital channels.
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Sky Media to handle Discovery ad sales 6 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: Discovery Communications Europe has closed a four-year television advertising sales contract with Sky Media, the ad sales division of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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Telepool spreads factual 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Munich-based sales outfit Telepool has wrapped up sales of factual content to Canada, Spain, Hungary and France.
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BBCWW takes on All3Media shows 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: BBC Worldwide International Channels has picked up five factual and entertainment titles from All3Media International, for BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and BBC Entertainment.
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OTF shops High Fidelity HD shows 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Anglo-Dutch indie Off The Fence is debuting a range of high-definition content from Canadian broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV in Cannes.
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DRG picks up Renegade content, Underbelly 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: UK distributor Digital Rights Group has bagged rights to a raft of factual content, plus the third series of Australian crime series Underbelly.
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Buyers warm to Nordisk climate shorts 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: Climate change-themed interstitials series 100 Places To Remember Before They Disappear is clocking up sales here in Cannes, according to distributor Nordisk Film TV World.
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Nat Geo partners on Gédéon docs 5 Oct 2009
MIPCOM NEWS: French producer Gédéon Programmes is to coproduce documentaries Solar Impulse and Tracking The Blue Diamond with National Geographic Channel in the US.
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Mipcom: The doc buyer's shopping guide 2 Oct 2009
With Mipcom kicking off on Monday, Adam Benzine reviews some of the documentaries and factual series that distributors will be bringing to the south of France.
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Mercury heats up with Latin deals 2 Oct 2009
UK distributor MercuryMedia has signed a raft of international deals ahead of Mipcom, selling a package of docs to TBS in Latin America and other titles to broadcasters in Europe, Australia and Japan.
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Passion, True North build links 2 Oct 2009
UK distributor Passion has secured rights to a new property show from indie True North that it says could rival Grand Designs.
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Discovery unveils Ardi doc 2 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: Discovery Enterprises International has secured distribution on a documentary about recently unveiled fossils of a prehuman dubbed Ardi.
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Zed picks-up 1929 crisis doc 2 Oct 2009
Paris-based factual distributor Zed has picked up international distribution a documentary by award-winning director William Karel on the 1929 financial crisis.
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Bullseye looks to score with factual 2 Oct 2009
Zodiak-owned Bullseye TV Production has struck deals with two US cable networks for new factual shows and is attracting interest from youth-skewing nets for another.
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Avalon links up with Topical, Flame 2 Oct 2009
Avalon Distribution in the UK has signed distribution deals with City Hospital producer Topical TV and Heir Hunters production company Flame Television, the firm it acquired in August.
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IMG brings Miracle to Lat Am 2 Oct 2009
Distributor IMG Entertainment has inked a deal to sell quick-turnaround documentary Miracle of The Hudson Plane Crash, which aired on Channel 4 in the UK, to a Latin American broadcaster.
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Cineflix International comes of age 1 Oct 2009
Paul Heaney, recently promoted to president and MD at Cineflix International, tells Ed Waller of a major US sale for documentary My Monkey Baby as well as plans to move further into kids TV.
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More monkey business for OTF 1 Oct 2009
Off the Fence Productions has been commissioned to make a second season of its docu-drama Monkey Thieves.
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RDF Rights tackles Unsolved Mysteries 1 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: RDF Media's UK-based sales arm RDF Rights has secured distribution rights to factual crime series Unsolved Mysteries.
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Human Journey makes its way across Europe 1 Oct 2009
BBC Worldwide has closed deals to sell landmark science series Human Journey, one of the key titles on its Mipcom factual slate, to broadcasters in Europe, Japan and Poland.
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Tsunami Tapes to hit C4 1 Oct 2009
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce The Tsunami Tapes, a one-off documentary marking the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
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Thai first for AETN 1 Oct 2009
NEWS BRIEF: AETN International has agreed its first licensing deal with Thailand's public broadcaster, for a 100-hour package of the US distributor's factual content.
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Steadfast sends Brit Cops abroad 1 Oct 2009
UK distributor Steadfast International has agreed a number of international deals for BBC1 one-off documentary Stabbed, and factual series Brit Cops and UK Border Force, ahead of next week's Mipcom.
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BBC3 lines up Dixon doc 30 Sep 2009
NEWS BRIEF: UK pubcaster BBC3 has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce Who's The Daddy?, a one-hour documentary about singer Alesha Dixon.
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Telepool sends Heart out to Europe 30 Sep 2009
Munich-based distributor Telepool has sold documentary Heart Of Jenin, about the shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, to broadcasters across Europe, as part of a raft of recent sales.
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RDFR returns to Firecracker 30 Sep 2009
Distributor RDF Rights, the sales arm of RDF Media, has renewed its first-look deal with Firecrackers Films, and will be taking a slate of its content to Mipcom next week.
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NHK moves ahead with copro plan 30 Sep 2009
Three new broadcasters have come onboard the NHK/NHNZ wildlife coproduction Weird Edens that was unveiled last Mipcom, while NHK's The World After Dinosaurs has been sold in France and the US.
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TVF reveals Africa sales, Mipcom slate 30 Sep 2009
UK-based distributor TVF International has sold two Africa-related titles to broadcasters in Ireland and Sweden, and made a raft of acquisitions that it will debut at Mipcom.
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DCD unveils factual, music line-up 30 Sep 2009
UK distributor DCD Rights has unveiled a raft of factual and music programming that it will be offering to buyers in Cannes next week.
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Fremantle crime series Snapped up 30 Sep 2009
Toronto-based Fremantle Corporation has placed a factual crime series about women murderers with broadcasters worldwide, including presales for its seventh season.
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Terranoa tails France's first lady 29 Sep 2009
French factual distributor Terranoa will be at Mipcom shopping an exclusive portrait of France's first lady, alongside production company Boréales' science docudrama Killer Volcano.
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Burning Blue orbits over Cannes 29 Sep 2009
UK start-up Burning Blue Media will be at Mipcom for the first time next week, armed with a new documentary for BBC1, Planet Green and France 5, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment filling the finance gap.
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OTF takes Rainbow content to Mipcom 28 Sep 2009
Anglo-Dutch indie Off The Fence is taking 500 hours of high-definition programming from Rainbow Media to Mipcom.
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More pick-ups, sales for Passion 25 Sep 2009
Passion Distribution has two new high definition titles from World of Wonder on its slate for Mipcom: Planet Green commission Beekman Farm (10x30') and VH1 docusoap Fantasia (2x60'/6x30').
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History HD enters Romania 25 Sep 2009
NEWS BRIEF: The Central European roll-out of AETN International's History HD channel continues with a launch in Romania, where a local-language feed will go live on October 1.
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IMG ships Pirates abroad 24 Sep 2009
IMG Entertainment has signed a raft of deals for factual special Ross Kemp In Search Of Pirates, selling the series to Discovery Networks Europe and broadcasters in New Zealand, Australia and Iberia.
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The CW follows Fly-Girls 24 Sep 2009
The CW has cleared for take-off a new mid-season docusoap that promises to offer "a 360-degree look at the lives of the charismatic jet-setting flight attendants on America's hippest new airline."
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RDF onside for African football doc 24 Sep 2009
NEWS BRIEF: The UK's RDF Rights has teamed with Tape 13 Productions to coproduce a one-hour documentary that follows one man's quest to hand-deliver footballs to Africa's children.
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Optomen hires TVF sales manager 23 Sep 2009
London-based distributor Optomen International has hired TVF International's sales manager and will be bringing him to Mipcom in Cannes next month.
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Discovery Channel to unleash Energy 23 Sep 2009
US cable network Discovery is lining up Energy, a multi-platform series focusing on the nature of various energy sources, which will air across Science Channel, Discovery Channel and Planet Green.
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